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Re: Pawpaws - papaya

>I came across cherimoyas in Chile where an area specialised in them,  but I
>don't think they have ever achieved common status in Australia.    Are
>cherimoyas the same as "custard apples"  which I also knew as a child?

Cherimoyas are native to part of Peru. One definition of where they like to
grow is "high enough to be within sight of the snow, but not high enough to
be snowed on". Most of the other members of the family grow at much lower
elevations in the tropics.

The term Custard Apple seems to be used pretty sloppily -- both to refer to
a specific species (particularly A. reticulata or A. squamosa) and to refer
to most anything in the family.

Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, California, USA
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